2025 Festival Dates: 5 & 6 July

Plasticine Companions with Sam Selley

Sculpt your own tiny, movable companion with Sam Selley by creating an armature using a cork, wire and aluminium foil.

 

Once the armature is complete, use vegetable-based plasticine to bring their armature to life – whether it’s an imaginative creature, your favourite animal, or a miniature version of yourself.

This workshop is part of our ‘Kitchen Tables’ workshop area – a space for exploring making connected to the many uses of our dining spaces, and what they mean to us.

 


 

Key Details:

  • Suitable for ages 12+
  • This workshop is free
  • Sign up on the day or book ‘A Know Before You Go’ session
  • There are 8 places available each session
  • The workshops will last approx 50 mins
  • Location: Bell tent in Cathedral Square
  • There are 5 workshops which will take place at varying times within the same Kitchen Tables venue

 


 

Know Before You Go

This is a ‘Know Before You Go’ workshop. Here you have the opportunity to pre-book a selection of activities that are otherwise ‘sign-up on the day’ or ‘drop-in’.

We have also included additional information such as an explanation of what to expect, steps to the workshop activity and a description of the environment.

This new approach is designed to help you feel informed, supported and welcome before you start the experience, and allow you to book to guarantee a space.

 

Please only book if a ‘Know Before You Go’ workshop would benefit you. This workshop is also available to sign up on the day from 12:00 pm onwards. 

 


About Sam Selley

Sam Selley is an artist and workshop facilitator, whose work spans a range of mediums including claymation/stop motion animation, papier-mâché, printmaking, collage, painting and whittling. They are interested in making art more accessible for a wider range of audiences by introducing the use of easily obtainable materials and equipment that may already be found in the home.

Their own practice focuses around exploring the idea of juxtaposition, and bringing objects, and subjects together in a way that wouldn’t typically be found together, whilst also exploring folkloric themes. They are constantly experimenting with new and unconventional materials to find ways to make art in a more sustainable and planet friendly way.

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The National Festival Of Making Delivery Team

National Festival of Making is supported by the Arts Council England, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Brian Mercer Trust and Foundations and Partners. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

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